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diff --git a/math/ploticus/pkg-descr b/math/ploticus/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..393b93c4a52c --- /dev/null +++ b/math/ploticus/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Ploticus is script-driven, which makes it suitable for automated, unattended +uses, or for applications that will be run again and again. Ploticus might be +your choice for stylistic reasons or just because it suits the problem or +application. In general, ploticus is good at making graphs like you would see +in newspapers and news magazines, business publications, journals for medical +and social sciences, and so on. + +You can also use Ploticus in combination with standard desktop tools, e.g. +generate data displays using ploticus then import SVG or PNG into PowerPoint, +Word, etc.) + +Ploticus is not a function or mathematical plotting package like gnuplot, nor +would it be a good choice for applications where mathematical formulas or +scientific notations are to be rendered as an integral part of the data +display. Ploticus is also not intended as a "marketing" graphics package. Its +goal is to display data crisply without extra decoration and distracting +"dingbats" that cloud the picture. Thus there is little support for 3-D +effects, gradient backgrounds, and so on. + +WWW: http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/ |